Post #549290 by GeneriKB on Fri, Aug 20, 2010 6:28 AM

I agree about the MB...when I first started out making Mai Tais at home, I had no clue there was such a difference among ingredients, so I got the DeKuyper brand. It tasted really bad...nothing like the Trader Vic's Mai Tais I've grown to love so much. Of course, I was also using Bacardi rum...my oh my how much I've learned :)

It was only until I read about the $100 Mai Tai that I decided to invest in good ingredients...boy am I glad I did!

None of the local liquor stores carried the Marie Brizard brand, oddly enough I found it in my grocery store! Now that I know it's somewhat hard to get a hold of, I might stockpile a couple of bottles :wink:

My current favorite is the standard $100 Mai Tai recipe:

1 oz Saint James 15-year Hors D'Age Rum
1 oz Appleton Estate Extra rum
1/2 oz Marie Brizard orange curacao
1/4 oz orgeat syrup (I use Fee Brothers)
1/4 oz simple syrup (again I use Fee Brothers)
juice of 1 smallish lime
(should use mint but I never have it at the house!)

Seeing as how I'm running low on the Saint James...anyone have a recommendation of another rum to try? I'm ready to experiment :)